Alfred bliss



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ALFRED BLISS, OF EW YORK, N. Y. 13mm Pawn: No. 84,406, and Novembre 24,isos.

IMPROVEMENT IN' LAIIP-BU'RNIRS.

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To all whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED B mss, of the` State, county, and city ofNewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in B urnersfoi-Kerosene and other analogous Lamps and I hereby declare thatthefollowing isafull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the drawing, which. accom. panics and forms a part of thisspecification..

Of this drawing- Figure 1 is acentral vertical section ofa burner andchimney containing my improvements;

Figure 2 is an elevation of the same burner without the chimney; and

Figure 31's a top view of the burner, showing the ring orbead, which`will be hereinafter described.

In the drawing- A represents the body of a kerosene orother analogonsbmiler, which may be constructed in the' usual manner, and may beprovided with the wick-tube, cone, air-passages, and other B B are thesprings or guides which hold the chimney.

I am well aware that springs of many various forms have long been usedin kerosene-burners for securing the chimney, butin all the instances ofthemjvith which I am acquainted, the operative portion ofthe spring orsprings has .been near toer above the top of the body ofthe burner, andthe lower edge yof the chimney has also usually been required to besecured b y some part of the burner-body, and has not been held by thesprings.

Suchspringsanswer suiciently well for some purposes, but they differessentially' from my Yimproved coxnbination, and are incapable ofeffecting the results which I obtain.

By inspection of the drawing, it will be perceived that my springs orguides, instead of originating or commencing, so to speak, at a pointbelow the top of the bodyof 4the burner, and extending up to or abovesuch top, commence at the top thereof, and extend nearly or quite to thelower part of the burner-body, and, instead of having their operativeportions at their 'upper ends, have them at their lower ends, thus completely reversing the arrangement and mode of operaf.

tion of the springs heretofore used in burners.

By means'of this method of construction, I am enabled to carry out thefirst and second portions of my appliances customary in suchinvention,inasmuch as' the springs or guides which I employ, when used inconnection with a suitable chimney, one convenient form of which isrepresented in the drawing, not only perform the office of securin g thechin]n ney 1in proper position as firmly as any springs heretofore usedin burners can do, but, also, by reason of the fact that the lower edgeof the chimney is carried and firmly held by the lower ends of thesprings or guides,

as seen in the drawing, without requiring to be'supported by any part ofthe buruer-body`, enable the lower portion of the chimney to extend, asrepresented in the drawing, below, more orless, as may be preferred, ofthe air-passages ofthe burner, and, thereby, to mate rially aid inprotecting the fia-me from being injuriously aiiected by currents ofair. At the same time there" is a free and ample supply of air aifordedto all parts of the burner, as maybe clearly seen in the drawing, and,consequently, the burner and oil are kept cool; and, as -by my mode 'ofconstruction the lwer end of thechimuey isnot at any time closed up byany part of the burner, but remains constantly exposed directly to theair which circulates freely around it, its base is always preserved inavery much cooler'condition Vthan in any other lamps of this classheretofore known.

This portion of my invention also, as will be seen in the drawing,enables me toemploy a much shorter wick,-

tube, and, consequently, to' place the cone or delectormuch lower thanhas .heretofore been practicable inv lamps of this variety, and as thisresult brings the top `of'the wick very near to the contents of theoil-reserjl voir,I amable to fully draw out all the oil therein, and

producing any incon-l burn it advantageously, without venientincrustation ofthe wick.

The ring or bead above referred to constitutes the".

third portion of my invention, and is shown in the drawf ing at c.- Whenconstructed as I prefer, it is formed upon and makes a part of the loweredge or flange olf' the cone or deilector of the burner, audits oiliceis to present a surface attached to or connected with the cone,and'projecting suiliciently from the main body mij@ the conetofenable'some portion of a properly-formed chimney to come in contactwith it when the chimneyf is in its proper position, and thereby holdthe cone seJ curely down to its place l This result is accomplished inthe form of my invention, which is illustrated 'in the' drawing, bymaking the only a. portion of the circumference'ofthe flange of thecone, or may be formed only at intervals around ouch circumference.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the burner of a kerosene or other lamp, of aremovable cone or deilector,A so constructed, that when the chimney andcone or deflector are in position for use, the chimney will rest uponthe bead or ring and retain the cone in place, substantially asdescribed.

l ALFRED BLISS. Witnesses:

JoHN R. Ooornn,

T. B. Bnnonun.

